Lipstick holder or the like



a 11, 1938. s. MORRISON LIPSTICK HOLDER OR THE LIKE Filed July 26. 1935 INVENTR Jil/101211101 rz.

Patented Jan. l1, 1938 'ETE STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,104,902 ms'rrcx nomen' on 'rnn uns Simon Morrison, New Yor, N. Y. Application .my ze, 1935, serai No. 33,283'

8 Claims.

'I'his invention relates to holders which are used to carry material in stick form or stick-like articles, and project the material or article from the holder for use. At present such holders are most widely used for carrying lipstick, and hence the invention may be conveniently referred to as a lipstick holder or the like, it being understood that the holder may be used for other materials or articles.

Thepresent invention particularly relates to lipstick holders of the type often referred to in the trade as rotary" holders or swivelf holders. These names connotel the relative rotation which is imparted to two parts of the holder to eiect projection of the lipstick from the holder and its retraction into the holder. This type of holder is well hewn andwidely used; and the present invention contemplates various structural innovations which improve the holder from the standpoint oi manufacture, assembly, and use.

ong the objects of the invention are to improve the construction of so-called rotary or swivel holders from the standpoint of ease and expense of manufacture, small number of defective parts which are unsuitable for assembly, ease and speed of assembly, and reduction of dimculty due to jamming and wearing of parts when the holder is in use. 1

Fig. I is an elevation oi a complete lipstick holder embodying the present invention.

Fig. E is an elevation of the holder with the closure cap removed and the lipstick projected. Fig. m is a vertical section of the holder in the condition shown in Fig. I.

mg. IV is a horizontal section taken on line M of Fig. I.

Fig. V is'an elevation corresponding to Fig. I but with certain exterior parts removed.

Eg. VI is an elevation with certain parts broken away to show` the interior construction and arrangement.

Fig. VE is a detail view, mostly in vertical section but partly in elevation showing, how the `operating head is assembled onto the guide tube. Fig. Elli is a detail vertical section showing the operating head permanently amazed to the guide l bristol-board drawing iiled in the Patent ce, of which the drawings hereto are reproductions Von a reduced scale, and V are full size illustrations of a Figs. I, II, commercial ement of the invention. Figs. III and VIA are double size illustrations.l and Figs. IV, VII and are four times enlarged. f w As usual with rotary or swivel holders, th'edlp- (Cl. 20G-56) stick is projected from and retracted into the casing by eiecting relative rotation between the exterior casing of the holder and the operating head at the end of the casing. Of course, the net result isV the same whether the casing be held 5 stationary and the head rotated (in one direction) or if the head be held stationary and the casing rotated (in the opposite direction) However, it is easier to read the drawings and understand' the operation if it be conslderedthat the l0 head is held stationary and that the casing is rotated. Accordingly, the description throughout will be made as though the device were operated by holding the head stationary and rotating the exterior casing.

'I'he lipstick l is telescoplcally mounted in a cup-shaped carrier 2, that is slidably telescoped within a guide tube il, to which is xedly attached an operating head E. The guide tube t is provided with a vertical slot 6; and an operating pin 20 'i projects from the carrier 2 through the slot 6. The pin i may be suitably secured to the carrier 2 by friction, solder, or other means, but if arranged as shown in Fig. IV no special xation is required. Preferably the pin has a head 'l which 25 is received in a recess or eyelet 2 .drawn from the metal of carrier 2; and the tip of the pin may be positioned in a. similar eyelet 2b. Embracing the guide tube d is a propelling sleeve 8, y having a helical slot 5 into which the pin 'i also 30 projects. Independent of the helical slotting 9, which does not run quite the full length of the propelling sleeve 8, there is vertical end-to-end slotting of the propelling sleeve 8 by slot I 0. It will be apparent that this sleeve 8 may be made 35 by diagonally slotting a rectangular piece of sheet metal and then rolling it into the sleeve 8. The diagonal slot then becomes the helical slot 9' and' the metal is so dimensloned that when it is rolled into the sleeve the edges do not meet, but leave 4o the vertical end-to-end slot iii. Embracing the propelling sleeve ii there is an exterior casing i2, provided with an indentation I3. In assembling the holder, the indentation i3 is inserted into the vertical slot iii of the propelling sleeve, thus rotatively locking 'together the casing l2 andthe propelling sleeve d. At its upper end, the casing i2 is provided with an inturned flange |28, which engages the top of the propelling sleeve 8 and thus prevents longitudinal movementb of the propeiling sleeve in one direction. By means of a swivel connection, which will be described presently, exterior casing I2 is allowed to rotate with respect to operatingread 5. When casing i2 is so rotated, helical slot 9 acts on pin 1 to cam the 65 outwardly to form a downwardly inclined flange same sort of'a llt as the cap I5,

,t the casing I2 home so a tight enough `pelling sleeve to the 49'. This flange 4- may be a continuous plain ange, but in the alternative it is preferably serrated, as shown in elevation in Fig. VII. Operating head 5 is cup-shaped, and near the bottom of the cup an annular under-cut seat 56L is formed on the inner side wall of the cup formation. Above the seat 5 there is an annular bearing 5b, and above that the inner wall of the cup is annularly recessed at 5". This leaves an inwardly extending bead 5d at the top of the cup. The ange 4a is of such a size that it initially telescopes snugly into the space embraced by seat 5a. After being so telescoped, force is applied to the tube 4 in an axial direction, thereby bending the flange 4a from its downwardly inclined angle to a horizontal position and causing the edge of the flange to enter into permanentv locking engagement with the seat 5'. It will( be apparent that by serrating the flange 4, as shown in elevation in Fig. 7, the tolerance of parts may be increased and the locking action enhanced.

The lower end of the exterior casing I2 is enlarged slightly to form an annular bead |211; and several vertical slots I2 are provided vto form the lower portion of the casing into a series of springy portions or ngers. It will be seen from Fig. VDI that the operating head 5 provides a cylindrical wall which is concentric with but spaced from the tube 4; and the exterior casing I2 is assembled onto the holder by simply forcing it into the space between the head 5 and the tube 4. As the bead I2b passes the bead 5d the spring iingers yield inwardly; and then as the exterior casing is forced home, the spring fingers move outwardly, causing the bead I2b to rest in the annular recess 5c. Thus the casing I2 is swivelly. connected to the head 5, and is operatively held against axial movement in both directions. The lower end of the propelling `sleeve 8 rests in bearing 5b; and since the upper end of the propelling sleeve is engaged by flange I2 of the exterior metal casing I2, the propelling sleeve is also held against axial movement in both directions.

A short metal sleeve or thimble I5 is preferably telescoped over the exterior casing I2 to cover the slots I2 and provide an abutment against which the usual telescopic metal closure cap I6 may rest. Of course, the telescopic cap I6 makes frictional t so that it will not fall off, but the fit is loose enough so that it can be removed readily. 'The sleeve I5 may make the or it may be a tight fit which renders it not readily removable. In the alternative, the sleeve I5 may be suitably secured in place by solder or otherwise.

With respect to manufacture, the present .construction involves considerable simpliiiication as compared to prior art practice. The assembly is exceedingly simple, as it may be accomplished by insertingl the propelling sleeve 8 almost wholly within the 4exterior casing I2, then starting to telescope the parts together and engaging pin 1 in the lower end of the slot 9 and then forcing that the casing is placed full length over the -propelling sleeve 8 and is projected into swivel engagement with the head 5. In many of the previous lipstick holders friction had been relied upon to attach the proexterior casing and this required some sprlnginess in the propelling sleeve ClainlS.

8 and was not a positive attachment, which sometimes resulted in jamming of the parts and failure to operate.v With the present construction, however, the indentation I3 in the exterior casing eiects a positive locking of the exterior casing to the propelling sleeve as far as rotation of the parts is concerned.

In compliance with the patent, statutes, I have illustrated the best form in which I have contemplated applying my invention, andv it will be realized that various modifications are possible and indicated within the scope of the appended What I claim is:

1. In a holder of the type in which a carrier is reciprocated in a slotted guide tube by relative rotation of a propelling sleeve which embraces the guide tube and is itself embraced by an exterior casing, the guide tube being open at one end and being provided at the other end with an operating head which is inseparable from the guide tube: the improvement whichv comprises a swivel connection between the operating head and one'end of the exterior casing, said connection being effective to holdA the exterior casing against longitudinal movement in both directions; an annular bearing formed in the head for one end of the propelling sleeve; and retaining means projecting inwardly from the other end of the exterior casing, said retaining means being effective to hold the propelling sleeve against longitudinal movement away from said bearing.

2. In a holder of the type in* which a carrier is reciprocated in a slotted guide tube by relative rotation of a propelling sleeve which embraces theguide tube and is itself embraced by an exterior casing, the guide tube being open at one end and being provided at the other end with an operating head: the improvement which comprises a swivel connection between the operating head and one end of the exterior casing, said connection being eifective to hold the exterior casing against longitudinal movement in both directions; retaining means projecting inwardly from the other end of the exterior casing, said retaining means being effective to hold the propelling sleeve against longitudinal movement in one direction; and positive means to hold the exterior' casing and the propelling sleeve in substantially fixed angular relation relative to each other.

3. In a holder of the type in which a carrier is reciprocated in a slotted guide tube by relative rotation o f a slotted propelling sleeve which embraces tlie guide tube and is itself embraced by an exterior casing: the improvement which comprises end-to-end severance of the propelling sleeve in such manner as to provide spaced apart edges, such severance being independent of the slotting of sleeve for propelling purposes; and an instruck projection on the exterior casing, said projection being positioned between the spaced apart edges of the propelling sleeve and thereby securing it in substantially fixed angular relation relative to the exterior casing. l

4. In a holder of the type in which a carrier is reciprocated in a slotted guide tube by relative rotation of a propelling sleeve which embraces the guide tube and is itself embraced by an exterior casing, the guideftube being open at one end and being provided at the other end with an operating head which is inseparable from the guide tube: the improvement which comprises a snap-together swivel connection between the operating head and one end of the exterior casing, said connection being effective to hold the exterior casing' against longitudinal movement in both directions; an annular bearing formed in the head for one end of the propelling sleeve;`

and an in-turned ange on the other end of the exterior casing, said flange being effective to hold the propelling sleeve against longitudinal movement away from said bearing.

5. In a holder of the type in which a carrier is reciprocated in a slotted guide tube by relative rotation of a propelling sleeve which embraces the guide tube and is, itself embraced by an exterior casing, the guide tube being open at one end and being provided at the other end with an operating head: the improvement which comprises the operating head having a flange which surrounds the guide tube in spaced relation therewith, and the propelling sleeve and the exteriorv casing being telescoped into the annular space between said iiange and the guide tube, said ange making swivel connection with the exterior casing and being detachably secured thereto as against axial movement.

6. In a holder of the type in which a carrier is reciprocated in a guide tube in response to relative rotation imparted to an exterior casing which surrounds the guide tube, there being an operating head inseparably attached to the guide 3o tube; the improvement which comprises the operatlng head having an interiorly recessed annular flange, the ilange surrounding the guide tube in spaced relation therewith; and the exterior casing having on its end, spring ngers in holding engagement with the recess of said annular iiange.

7. In a holder of the type in which a carrier is reciprocated in a guide tube in response to relative rotation imparted to an exterior casing which surrounds the guide tube, there being an operating head attached to the guide tube: the improvement which comprises the operating head having an interiorly recessed annular flange, the ange surrounding the guide tube in spaced relation therewith; 4the exterior casing having on its end, spring ilngers in holding engagement with the recess of said annular ange; and a sleeve telescoped over said exterior casing, said sleeve abutting against the edge of said ange and forming an abutment for a removable closure cap.

8. In a. holderfor stick material: a cup-shaped operating head havingan annular seat adjacent to the bottom of the cup and an annular recess above said seat, a. guide tube having a ange telescoped within the cup and deformed into permanent locking engagement with said seat, and a casing having a portion in swivel engagement with said recess.

SIMON MORRISON. 

